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Interface Themes
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🏔️ Summit 2024 Feature
Change up your interface theme with a click.
Interface themes include Legacy and Modern user interfaces.
Change your theme
To change your interface theme:
Hover over the User Icon at the top right of any page.
Select Set Theme.
Select one of the following options:
Legacy UI / Standard
Legacy UI / Dark Mode
Modern UI / Standard
Modern UI / Dark Mode
Modern UI / Twilight
Modern UI / Standard High Contrast
Modern UI / Twilight High Contrast
Select Save.
Modern UI themes
The Dashboard
Modern UI themes introduce the Dashboard.
The Dashboard contains new features, like User Dashboards, and relocates existing ones, like Projects & Tasks.
Access the Dashboard by selecting the Toggle Dashboard button at the top right of any page.
![Toggle Dashboard(2).png](http://cdn.us.document360.io/cd8ea7a6-07f3-4846-a554-627ac016d3e3/Images/Documentation/Toggle Dashboard(2).png?sv=2022-11-02&spr=https&st=2024-07-03T09%3A30%3A13Z&se=2024-07-03T09%3A40%3A13Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=UsByEw7dDT0bsS6CuPqC0M9GmrxWWpI7IY9vGyTcBo0%3D)
UI State Management
🏔️ Summit 2024 Feature
Click and drag the left handle to expand or shrink the dashboard.
The dashboard and the width you choose for it persist across any Slate page.
Dashboard menu
At the top of the Dashboard is the Dashboard menu.
![Dashboard menu.png](http://cdn.us.document360.io/cd8ea7a6-07f3-4846-a554-627ac016d3e3/Images/Documentation/Dashboard menu.png?sv=2022-11-02&spr=https&st=2024-07-03T09%3A30%3A13Z&se=2024-07-03T09%3A40%3A13Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=UsByEw7dDT0bsS6CuPqC0M9GmrxWWpI7IY9vGyTcBo0%3D)
Tabs in the Dashboard menu include:
Dashboard
The default tab.
Comes standard with links to Home Slate and to Slate resources.
Can be customized with User Dashboards.
📖 Further reading: Customize your Dashboard tab with User Dashboards.
![Dashboard - Dashboard.png](http://cdn.us.document360.io/cd8ea7a6-07f3-4846-a554-627ac016d3e3/Images/Documentation/Dashboard - Dashboard.png?sv=2022-11-02&spr=https&st=2024-07-03T09%3A30%3A13Z&se=2024-07-03T09%3A40%3A13Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=UsByEw7dDT0bsS6CuPqC0M9GmrxWWpI7IY9vGyTcBo0%3D)
Projects & Tasks
You’ll find your tasks, related tasks, and the Create Task form in this tab.
📖 Further reading: Learn what you can do with Projects & Tasks.
![Dashboard - Projects & Tasks.png](http://cdn.us.document360.io/cd8ea7a6-07f3-4846-a554-627ac016d3e3/Images/Documentation/Dashboard - Projects & Tasks.png?sv=2022-11-02&spr=https&st=2024-07-03T09%3A30%3A13Z&se=2024-07-03T09%3A40%3A13Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=UsByEw7dDT0bsS6CuPqC0M9GmrxWWpI7IY9vGyTcBo0%3D)
Discovery
Search the Knowledge Base with additional FAQ content
You can also access this search bar in Database > Discover Slate.
![Dashboard - Discovery.png](http://cdn.us.document360.io/cd8ea7a6-07f3-4846-a554-627ac016d3e3/Images/Documentation/Dashboard - Discovery.png?sv=2022-11-02&spr=https&st=2024-07-03T09%3A30%3A13Z&se=2024-07-03T09%3A40%3A13Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=UsByEw7dDT0bsS6CuPqC0M9GmrxWWpI7IY9vGyTcBo0%3D)
Modern themes in action
Modern UI themes include a new color scheme, Twilight.
They also provide high-contrast options for Standard and Twilight color schemes.
Modern UI / Standard | Modern UI / Standard High Contrast |
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Modern UI / Twilight | Modern UI / Twilight High Contrast |
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Modern UI / Dark Mode |
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Legacy UI themes
Most Slate users are likely familiar with the Legacy UI.
You can stick with the old standby if you’d like—you can also switch it to Dark Mode.
Legacy UI / Standard | Legacy UI / Dark Mode |
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